Features
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
If you think location is important and everywhere, then think about measurement. It too is ubiquitous, everywhere and just as important. While satellites continuously circle the planet providing the latest details for highly accurate GNSS positioning, handheld...
Friday, June 3rd, 2011
Map Servers are providing useful geospatial geomatics data worldwide. These servers have several advantages due to the fact that they combine all kinds of spatial data - including surveying data. Today surveyors are using a wide range...
Friday, June 3rd, 2011
The East Sea is bounded by Vietnam, China, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia and Singapore. The sea is the second busiest sea route in the world after the Mediterranean Sea. As Asian economy's continue to grow,...
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
The Russian GLONASS navigation satellite constellation has high-level politcal and monetary support, with 4.7 billion dollars invested over the past decade. Russia is on pace to accelerate GLONASS satellite launches for full global coverage capacity by the...
Thursday, May 26th, 2011
Fully 70% of the world is covered by water. It has been said that we know more about the moon, than we do about the oceans. Recently Hawkes Ocean Technologies won recognition from CAD software company Autodesk for...
Thursday, May 26th, 2011
China this week indicated that improved development of surveying and geographic based data systems such as GIS are integral to the future economic development of that country. The Chinese Vice Premier pointed to the need for more...
Friday, May 20th, 2011
The Mekong River runs across the Asian continent through one country after another travelling a distance of 4,200 km from beginning to end. The river is managed in a unique way, owing to the Mekong River Commission...
Friday, May 20th, 2011
Trimble Navigation’s Christchurch, New Zealand office was gutted by an overnight fire early this week. It took 40 firefighters to control the fire, and several were injured when a floor collapsed. The structure had been lightly damaged...
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
Many organizations are considering to move from 2D to 3D operations. This trend is the result of several factors including newly developed technologies, improved computer performance, 3D software innovations and changes in cost structures. Several users report...
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
During the past week Cambodia and the United Nations met together to discuss issues related to land degradation and desertification. Cambodia is a signatory to the United Nations Convention to combat Decertification (UNCCD) and the country currently 30 projects...
